TSA

The news (and I) loves to blast TSA employees when they are found out to have skeletons in the background or use the job to steal and commit other offenses so it only seems fair to highlight when a TSA employee does a good deed as well. DNAinfo radio reporter Jon Hansen was on his…

This week I was flying with the oral Typhoid vaccine. It consists of 4 pills that are taken every other day and must be kept refrigerated (but not frozen). Since it should be completed at least a week before needing and and since I’m rarely home for the right pattern to take the pills I…

There are two types of Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) used by TSA. One is the Backscatter which is the machine with 2 big blue boxes and the other is the Millimeter Wave (MMW) which is the grey cylinder. The backscatter was the one with the remote viewing room while MMW now typically does the gumby…

As of yesterday, May 7, international itineraries are finally available for Pre✓ as well. Passengers flying internationally from the 40 participating TSA Pre✓™ airports may be eligible to receive expedited screening. In addition, passengers with connecting domestic flights who arrive in the United States on an international flight may use the TSA Pre✓™ lanes when…

From DLCorpGuy on Flyertalk We’ve got some good news for you if you’ve already experienced TSA PreCheck. Starting today, we will become the first airline to print an indicator on kiosk-printed boarding passes to give you some advance notice if you’ve been selected for TSA PreCheck. On Thursday, April 19, we’ll add a similar indicator…

Flew CLT-DTW-YYZ today on Delta. I know in theory international tickets are not precheck eligible, but this thread on Flyertalk led me to try anyway. Even though I have a high success rate on Delta I did not get the three beeps. With little activity on that thread I’m not sure if it’s the exception…

Well it seems that TSA’s new policy to allow pocket knives is actually getting a lot of backlash so I will give credit where credit is due. First, I think repealing the liquid ban or eliminating the backscatter/millimeter wave would be my top changes, but this is at least a step forward. In the South,…

This morning at CLT I was the only one in line so of course that meant the floating talker tried to strike up a conversation. TSO: “Good morning” Me: “‘Morning” TSO: “So, where are you off to today” Me: (in an overwhelmed/distressed tone) “Oh, I don’t even know, it’s too early” TSO: Tried to give…

Today I was flying out of SEA and at the check point I was at it appeared that all of the Backscatter machines were in use so it didn’t matter what line I chose. I also noticed that instead of the TSOs directing people whether to use the Backscatter or the metal detector, people just…

The pilot test is based on U.S. customs programs and initially will be available only to certain participants in the customs program and a limited number of air travelers. Those include certain frequent fliers on two airlines — American and Delta — flying out of certain airports. Delta passengers must be flying out of Atlanta…